http://www.discovernikkei.org/nikkeialbum/en/node/5978 Comments for "Gardena Valley Baptist Church" en http://www.discovernikkei.org/nikkeialbum/en/node/5978 <div class="album_coll_teaser"> <div class="box_outer_wrapper"><div class="box_inner_wrapper"> <div class="box_outer_header"><div class="box_inner_header">&nbsp;</div></div> <a href="/nikkeialbum/en/node/5978" ><img src="http://www.discovernikkei.org/dj/nikkeialbum/files/filemanager/public/active/56/lll_sm.jpg" /></a> </div></div> <p> Gardena Valley Baptist Church (currently located at 1630 W. 158th St. in Gardena, California) was founded in 1914 by the Los Angeles Baptist Mission Society, targeting the recent immigrant population that had come from Japan. The church started as a Sunday School for the children of immigrants at a small rented cottage in Moneta, California (now known as Gardena). Attendance later grew to include entire families, and a formal church was established in 1919, called The Moneta Japanese Baptist Church. </p> </div> http://www.discovernikkei.org/nikkeialbum/en/node/5978#comment Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:21:36 -0800 genieinjapan 5978 at http://www.discovernikkei.org/nikkeialbum